November 2009
Ignite Toronto →
DRM versus innovation →
Seriously, sometimes you have to put grammar...
H: Could you weigh in on the "whiskey" vs. "whisky" debate?
FakeAPStylebook: You don't spell 'whiskey,' you savor it.
1st official pics of THE LOSERS →
“Is it more important that we’re all financially covered for sick care or is it...”
– jay parkinson + md + mph = doctor in brooklyn: A clinic with two doors— the future of healthcare in America.
This question terrifies me, possibly because I’m misunderstanding it, but probably because part of the Canadian set of values that I’ve been raised in, is the idea that...
“A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after...”
– Facebook Page Costs Woman Her Benefits - WSJ.com
Yet another reason why the FB is awful. (via withabang)
Or, another reason why the insurance industry is awful.
iPhone user vs. BB user (part 1)
Dan: The one-app-at-a-time thing is the fatal flaw of iPhones. You can run multiple applications on a BlackBerry without screwing with the firmware. Anyone can do it.
Me: You call those applications?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Gorillaz (91)
Maxïmo Park (47)
The Cribs (46)
Jay-Z (42)
Kanye West (34)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
New Jorb.
[That misspelling was intentional]
So, I started a new job today. I’m pretty happy about it, and every indication thus far is that it was a great decision.
[Job title is Online Marketing Coordinator. Which is a bit of a shift from my old one, Associate Publicist.]
I’m very much still figuring out the place, and my workflow in relation to it. So, less tumblr for me, at least...
The Myth Of All Ages →
off day. off day? we don't believe in off days,...
therealkatiewest:
amandapalmer:
i took a cab back to the cheap hotel where beth had parked herself all day to catch up on email, she’d left me a text with the room number and left the extra key at the door. my cab driver and i talked about music. he was real nice, i liked him. he said he ”used to play in a band mahself and all that.” “really?” i said “yep” he said “i was in two bands back in...
jeff thomas →
“(580): That’s it, I refuse to live in a world where sparkly vampires beat Batman...”
– texts from last night (via deepr)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
Jay-Z (219)
Frightened Rabbit (150)
Arctic Monkeys (98)
Fall Out Boy (89)
The Cribs (74)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Building People, not Brands.
attentionindustry:
[I’m reading Adland by James P Othmer on my staycation this week, before starting my new gig. A comment on the impending death of brands and branding by Rick Webb that is quoted in the book got me thinking.]
I’m a very strong believer in badge theory, the idea that people make purchases, intentionally or subconsciously, to help establish cues to their identity. Where I step...
Productive / Unproductive.
Being unproductive isn’t a curse, or a failure - if the situation allows for unproductivity.
I don’t know about you, but I have good ideas when I let my brain idle, and only good solutions when I am constantly pointing it at a task. Being able to generate good solutions is hugely important to me, but just as satisfying is the generation of a good idea.
I take some time to be...
“Oh, you mean love. You mean a big lightning bolt to the heart where you can’t...”
– Don Draper, Mad Men (via jessicachu)
This was the moment Don Draper became my hero. Because I’ve said soulless shit like this. I’ve meant it. I’ve reveled in the ability of words like this to just fucking wreck someone.
And then, in other moments, I’ve realized exactly...
Hardgraft 2UNFOLD Multi-Use Laptop Bag →
guybert:
(via joncrowley)
And how is this not a pursekersack? (Woman’s Purse and Knapsack?) Because some dude I dress like is modeling it?
I hate you.
Hardgraft 2UNFOLD Multi-Use Laptop Bag →
“You may find it amusing to know that I, like David Ogilvy, have never learned...”
– Copyblogger gets me.
“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical,...”
– Alan Moore (via kari-shma) (via deepr)
Announcing the Hive Awards →
I like to think
jaimeleigh:
I like to think I’m so badass I’ll never lose my edge. (Nobody has edge anymore. Not even you, sugartits.)
I like to think I’m so progressive I’ve got the right view on everything. (My right views on everything are marred only by my total lack of understanding of anything.)
I like to think I’m so sexually evolved I can do whateva I want and feel just fine about it. (But I’m...
WriteRoom for iPhone 2.4 now in app store →
malcolmbastien:
hogbaysoftware:
Today is also the last day of the $0.99 sale.
WriteRoom is one of my favourite iPhone apps.
Rememberance Day
I’m going to spend the day thinking about my grandfather.
Thanks, Grandpapa.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Gorillaz (10)
Harvey Danger (4)
Blur (4)
The Maccabees (3)
Metric (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“People are often in love with one another at different times, at the wrong...”
– Mad Men (via jessicachu)
Admit that you're lucky.
I might be a cynic, but I get kinda irritated at super successful people advocating single minded pursuit of one goal, one plan. I get the same feeling when these statistical outliers argue that you should act without fear.
I plan everything. I think you probably should, too. I will happily admit I have a tendency to be somewhat risk-averse, which I’m working on, but I still think all...
“Tired of media saying that the internet is isolating people. Try being a geek...”
– Marco Arment (via travors & toldorknown) (via inky) (via heyitsnoah)
Kitty Hawk and Post-Digital Copyright
attentionindustry:
Letting the current generation of lawmakers decide what is and isn’t permissible online is like letting the pre-flight lawmakers decide that land ownership extends infinitely up into the air.
Which, if I’m not mistaken, is exactly what some people thought should happen, in the post-Kitty Hawk USA.
This is the level of absurdity we’re talking about, when we talk about...
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“I had a conversation with a very smart guy at Foocamp about two months ago. He...”
– jay parkinson + md + mph = doctor in brooklyn
I had to take this out of context, because it’s so damned spot on.
My new hobbies:
Thinking ‘Preach’ really loud every time someone makes a good point.
Developing truly epic speeches in response to imagined slights.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
The Rakes (34)
Blur (27)
The Cribs (26)
Amon Tobin (21)
Gorillaz (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
britticisms:
“It’s a freedom that white children have that black children don’t have…They get to pick from this huge array of personality types, behaviors, authentic selves that they can put on and take off. There is a challenge for black children in terms of, when they go to the identity closet, how may options of what guise they can put on and take off, and still be considered authentically...
how to be a social media junkie and keep your job →